Tutorial: crepe paper Dahlia

A fter a tutorial about paper daisies here:
Paper crepe Daisy Tutorial
now is up to Dahlia!

Crepe paper Dahlia
Dahlia is related to an omen of an happy event, gratitude and thankfulness.

Materials:

 - Yellow, orange and green crepe papers
- Glue
- Scissors
- Wire
-Cotton wool

1- Make a ring with the wire in this way:

2- Cover it with cotton wool and fix it with a piece of wire

3- Cover the cotton wall with yellow crepe paper

 

4- Cut a square 3,5" from orange crepe paper and fold it in half

5- Cut a shape as it is shown in the image below

6 - Opening it you will get this flower shape:

 7- You have to cut 10 shapes like this, do not worry about being precise, the final result will be great in every way!

8- When you have all the 10 pieces make a hole in the centre:

9- Insert into the hole the wire with the yellow ball

 10 - Rub the petals

11- Roll all around the wire a green stripe of paper to create the stem as I have alredy shown for the daisy here: Daisy Tutorial

And here is the Dahlia, do you like it?

It can be realized also in yellow with the centre orange or red with the centre yellow.